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Word: azanian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...country. In off hours Basil has fun with Prudence, enthusiastic daughter of the vague British Minister, but as Seth really hits his stride Basil's off hours become few & far between. Seth, remodeling his capital, tears down the Anglican Cathedral, renames the site "Place Marie Stopes." Climax of Azanian modernization is to be a Pageant of Birth Control. The pageant turns into a riot, the riot into a revolution. Seth is killed, the English settlement flees the country in airplanes. Prudence's plane has engine trouble, makes a forced landing. Few days later Basil, entertained by friendly cannibal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mischief Maker | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

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